Keriann and Alex--Happy Wedding, to ya!

Becca and I left Bike MS 2011 early this year so we can attend Keriann and Alex's wedding in Park City, Utah.  Keriann is my dearest friend from graduate school.  We were in the same cohort, have the same drippingly sarcastic sense of humor, and both have freakishly tall frames.  Obviously, it was friendship made in heaven.  I wasn't sure how K and A would beat the proposal at MaccuPichu, but they sure did.  Their wedding was absolutely lovely.  They wed a a catholic church in the hills of down town Park City, just above main street.  After the wedding, the wedding party and all in attendance paraded down Main Street in a traditional wedding march.  We followed the couple with kazoos, finger chimes, and noisemakers through the winding hills of this mountain town, ending at High West Distillery for dinner and the party.  The food was incredible, the cocktails out of this world, and the company couldn't be beat.  We enjoyed talking, eating, and dancing the night away.  Overall, we're thrilled for Keriann and Alex.  Mazel.

The wedding march through Park City, A and K in the lead

Park City food festival meant a perfect chance to dance in the streets

The happy couple...complete with their complimentary brews from the wedding march observers

Dancing, dancing, dancing some more. With Nick, Maria, Shireen, Keriann, and Georgi

Bike MS 2011

For the last four years I have volunteered at Bike MS in Logan, UT for the National MS Society's fundraiser.  For two of those years I worked as the event assistant to my good friend Tara who is the Logistics Manager for the UT/ID office.  Becca joined the Bike MS party in 2010, so this year it was fun to drive up to Logan together to volunteer once again over the weekend.  This ride hosts more than 3,000 cyclists rising to raise funds in the fight against MS.  Also? It's a frickin party. :)

Driving into Cache Valley...maybe we were behind the Duggars?!

Although we've been to Logan a lot together, we've never had a chance to really tour it because we're always working.  This weekend I carved out some time so that Becca could at least experience first hand the heavenly delight that is the Old Grist Mill.

Getting our volunteer on with Christin.  It was 5 billion degrees outside

Helping cyclists get their registration moving.  My sweaty mess of a hair do says it all!

This is what a night at the White Owl plus a stop at the local Wal Mart gets ya...oops!

Taking a quick nap in between sending folks at the start line and heading back to the fairgrounds.

Happy birthday, Bike MS! Thanks for the cake.  25 years later, you still look good!

Becca holding strong at the start line.

Holding up this beeyotch of an inflatable start line....

Gettin jiggy wit it

At the start line, 2011

Bob and Randy Harmon, Emcee's for the event.  It is, after all, Harmon's Best Dam Bike Ride

Start line, 2011

The woman of the week.  Tara plans Bike MS from top to bottom.

Tara and her volunteer coordinator, Steph. Nice moves, Stephanie!

This year we left early on Saturday to jet home, change, and get to Park City for our friends Keriann and Alex's wedding.  While stopping at home, we found a buddy who was happy to see us.

Another great year for Bike MS.  Love this event, can't wait for 2012!

Keiko

This week our family lost a pretty neat pup.  My mom is a lover of animals, but no four legged friends come close to how much she loves and adores her toy poodles.  Like little salt and pepper furballs, Keiko (black) and Hollie (white) not only rule the roost, they completely have my mom wrapped around their fingers..err...paws.  Keiko has been sick for a while and this week that awful time came where my mom made the decision to end her suffering by putting her to sleep.  I hate that they call it that, putting her to sleep, because the affects on a family that loves their dogs are much more horrendous than your average sleep event.  Keiko: you were stinky, grumpy, and liked to get up in our faces for love and attention.  Your life started roughly, but mom rescued you and you loved her more than anything for it.  You were happiest when you were sleep on mom's legs or standing on tip toes on hind legs to do a very happy dance for a treat.  We loved you, pup.  May all dogs go to heaven.  

"The originals".  Tia the cat, Hollie, and Keiko.  this picture was probably taken while they were waiting for my mom to climb the stairs to go to bed.  Classic behavior.

Mom with her pups.  After family ventures, the dogs always walk over to the school park with all of us to play basketball. We'll miss your grey little beard, Keiko.

Tara's Birthday

To celebrate Tara's 30th bday we headed up Little Cottonwood canyon for a bit of a campfire.  Very much a throwback to our old Logan days.  Ah, the memories. 

Becca, Nick, and I went up the mountain early to reserve a spot...

And eat a bunch of junk food, apparently.

Heather and Nick

Us

Christin and Becca

Me and Tara...sure love this lady.

All of us took photo shoots with the birthday girl

What's going on in the news that day...lots of Weiner talk!

Her birthday cake was from SaraLee

Rockin the b-day shades from Nick and Christin.  A hot look at night

Happy birthday, T! 

Father's Day 2011

Visited my dad for a few minutes on Father's Day 2011.  A rare occasion for so many of us to be in the same room at the same time.  Celebrated afterward by going to IHOP for breakfast once dad had to go to work.

L to R: Kath, Becca, Krsten, Austen, Laurie, Dad, Hollie, Nathan, Lesha, Linsey, and Vince

Skip Bo

One of our favorite things to do as a family is sit around the kitchen table and play games.  Skip Bo nights are always a favorite!